Finance Minister YubarajKhatiwada today said that Nepal has developed a conducive environment for doing business and investment. Citing that all foreign firms in the country have been making at up to 25 percent return against the global average of 10 percent, Khatiwada said that Nepal is a better option for investors in terms of rate of return.

Speakers at a session in the Nepal Infrastructure Summit 2019, which kicked off in Kathmandu today, said that Nepal can achieve its desired economic growth and development goals through the development of infrastructures.

The Federation of Community Forestry Users Nepal has expressed their concerns about the government imposing exorbitant taxes on community forests.
The FECOFUN has also warned of a protest against tax increment on community forests by the governments of all the three levels - federal, state and local.
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Milk shortage has taken a toll all over the nation as the dairy industries have cut down their production by 30 percent. The ongoing lean months and the halt in imports of Skimmed Milk Powder (SMP) from India have resulted in the shortage of milk in the industry, according to the diary producers.

Prime Minister K P Sharma Oli said that the railways and waterways -- his government is planning -- will help reduce trade deficit.
Addressing 'India-Nepal Logistic Summit', on Sunday here in the capital, he said that Nepal needs to link with India through waterways and cross-border railways to expand foreign trade.

The government has sought India’s uninterrupted cooperation and complete trust to build a roadmap for a New Nepal just the way India is visualizing a ‘New India’ through sound institutional arrangements in place.